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Opening felt a little cliche but it has gotten way more interesting and hooked me in the second chapter. Promising

Okay a painter comes back I thought was dead. That is confusing but otherwise amazing story

Page 297 missing word from second to last paragraph “did NOT take pleasure”

Quartey is an excellent writer and I consider him a friend but this book is missing the mark. He strayed from the usual investigative structure into too much complicated backstory. I think it is because he put message over story but what drew me to these books was Emma and her struggle for respect and equality in male dominated Ghana. The victim stories are overtaking that. He did this b4 in a book I didn’t like

An engaging and inventive read despite previously mentioned inadequacies